"SEVEN BIRDS"

        by Rich Goodhart
(from Shaman Mirror Medicine Tree, 2011)

     Earth spiral water sound
     Sun streaming winter sky
     Night arriving river star shine
     Light conspiring eyes align

Love's conscious emanations flow between us
Like a river running between immeasurable seas
I dive into your soul ocean
I ride your warm caressing waves
Your heart song spirals into my dream garden
Your heart sky rains upon our sacred seeds

     Sound spiral water light
     Sun gleaming silver sky
     Light arriving river star shine
     Love awakened morning dream

The sun! It shines more brightly today!!
The sky a subtle new shade of blue!
Seven birds singing in symphonic polyphony
Seven songs swimming in a shimmering cool

     Sun streaking pastel sky
     Love aligning light infused
     Earth spiral water rhythm
     Spirits whisper to a rising moon

      Sound circles in water light
   Turning cadence in waves of renewal
There is music there that has not yet been played
    Melodies of radiant vision
      A sacred lover's rhythm
            Dwelling in a song
                 That no one
                   can claim